It's three wins from three race finishes for Red Bull's Max Verstappen: he claimed the inaugural Miami Grand Prix from third on the grid with just one pit stop from the P Zero Yellow medium to the P Zero White hard. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finished second and third on a similar strategy. All three podium finishers received a special Pirelli American Football helmet at the prize-giving ceremony held in the iconic Miami Dolphins stadium.

A two-stopper was expected as the quickest strategy before the race, but the drivers managed to stretch their opening stints on the medium tyre - which most chose to start the race - without compromising performance, so that they could then run on the hard tyre all the way to the finish. An alternative approach was adopted by Mercedes driver George Russell, the highest-placed of just four drivers to start on the hard. He switched to the medium after 40 laps to finish fifth from P12 on the grid.

As hoped for by many, a Virtual Safety Car and then Safety Car period towards the end of the race created opportunities by allowing drivers a 'cheap' pit stop, and several took advantage to change onto fresh tyres. These included Russell and Red Bull's Sergio Perez, who finished in fourth as the best-placed two-stopper.

"It was a real tactical race today and we threw everything we had at it, we were quite lucky that Ferrari didn't pit under the safety car, Max was under so much pressure from Charles Leclerc but he kept focus and didn't make any mistakes and was gradually able to break the DRS, which was very powerful today and manage the victory from there.," said Christian Horner, Red Bull Team Principal and CEO.

Ferrari's Mattia Binotto said: "We can't be completely happy with today's race because, although the F1-75 was competitive, our rivals were a few tenths per lap quicker than us. If you consider how many points we are taking home from here, we can't be too disappointed, given that we are leading both championships, but it's clear we now need to respond. We are keen to get the job done and there are still a lot of races to go."

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Gap

1	Verstappen	Red Bull	57	1h 34:24.258
2	Leclerc		Ferrari		57	+ 0:03.786
3	Sainz		Ferrari		57	+ 0:08.229
4	Perez		Red Bull	57	+ 0:10.638
5	Russell		Mercedes	57	+ 0:18.582
6	Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+ 0:21.368
7	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	57	+ 0:25.073
8	Ocon		Alpine		57	+ 0:28.386
9	Albon		Williams	57	+ 0:32.365
10	Stroll		Aston Martin	57	+ 0:37.026
11	Alonso		Alpine		57	+ 0:37.128
12	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	57	+ 0:40.146
13	Ricciardo	McLaren		57	+ 0:40.902
14	Latifi		Williams	57	+ 0:49.936
15	Schumacher	Haas		57	+ 1:13.305
16	Magnussen	Haas		57	+ 1 Lap
17	Vettel		Aston Martin	54	+ 3 Laps
	Gasly		AlphaTauri	45	Accident Damage
	Norris		McLaren		39	Accident
	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	6	Water Leak

Fastest Lap: Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:31.361 (Lap 54)

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